Krasnodar Krai

Not to be confused with Krasnoyarsk Krai.

Krasnodar Krai
Krai
Краснодарский край
Flag of Krasnodar Krai
Flag
Coat of arms of Krasnodar Krai
Coat of arms
Anthem: Anthem of Krasnodar Krai[3]
Coordinates: 45°22′N 39°26′E / 45.367°N 39.433°E / 45.367; 39.433
CountryRussia
Federal districtSouthern[1]
Economic regionNorth Caucasus[2]
Administrative centerKrasnodar[4]
Government
 • BodyLegislative Assembly[5]
 • Governor[7]Veniamin Kondratev[6]
Area
[8]
 • Total75,485 km2 (29,145 sq mi)
 • Rank42nd
Population
 (2021 census)[9]
 • TotalIncrease 5,838,273
 • Estimate 
(2018)[10]
5,603,420
 • Rank3rd
 • Urban
56.9%
 • Rural
43.1%
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[11])
ISO 3166 codeRU-KDA
License plates23, 93, 123, 193
OKTMO ID03000000
Official languagesRussian[12]
Websitehttp://admkrai.krasnodar.ru/

Krasnodar Krai (Russian: Краснода́рский край, romanized: Krasnodarskiy kray, IPA: [krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj]) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of the Southern Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Krasnodar. The third most populous federal subject, the krai had a population of 5,838,273 as of the 2021 Census.[9]

Krasnodar Krai is formally and informally referred to as Kuban (Russian: Кубань), a term denoting the historical region of Kuban situated between the Sea of Azov and the Kuban River which is mostly composed of the krai's territory. It is bordered by Rostov Oblast to the north, Stavropol Krai to the east, Karachay-Cherkessia to the south-east, and Adygea is an enclave entirely within the krai. Krasnodar Krai shares an international border with Georgia and the partially-recognized republic of Abkhazia to the south, and borders annexed Crimea to the west, across the Kerch Strait.

The northern part of the krai belongs to the Don Steppe, while the southern region's Mediterranean climate has made it a popular tourist location. Novorossiysk is Russia's main port on the Black Sea, one of the few cities awarded the title of the Hero City, and Sochi was the host of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014. Krasnodar Krai is home to significant infrastructure of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet.

  1. ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
  2. ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
  3. ^ Law #5-KZ
  4. ^ Charter of Krasnodar Krai, Article 13
  5. ^ Charter of Krasnodar Krai, Chapter 24
  6. ^ Official website of Krasnodar Krai. Biography of Alexander Nikolayevich Tkachyov Archived August 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Governor of Krasnodar Krai (in Russian)
  7. ^ Charter of Krasnodar Krai, Article 39
  8. ^ "Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации)". Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  9. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  10. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  11. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  12. ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
  13. ^ Azarenkova et al., p. 114